In the liner notes to his album, Ritual of the Savage (Le sacre du sauvage), Baxter described the themes he was conveying in the work:[1] [t]he jungle grows more dense as the river boat slowly makes its way into the deep interior.
A snake slithers into the water, flushing a brilliantly plumaged bird who soars into the clearing above a quiet village.
Here is a musical portrait of a tropical village deserted in the mid-day heat.In the mid-1950s, Martin Denny and his band performed at a restaurant in Oahu, The Shell Bar, and frequently would play Baxter cover songs.
[3]The squawks and jungle sounds in the Martin Denny version of "Quiet Village" were performed by A. Purves Pullen, also known as Dr. Horatio Q.
He released an album with a similar title (Quiet Village, the Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny) in 1959.